Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. —Lillian Hellman More about this quote Tags: justice opinion prejudice perspective Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. —Gore Vidal More about this quote Tags: news politics USA voting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: freedom responsibility liberty dread Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Trying to forget really doesn’t work. In fact, it’s pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time. —Rebecca Stead in When You Reach Me More about this quote Tags: mind ignorance memory forgetting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When all else is lost, the future still remains. —Christian Nestell Bovee More about this quote Tags: future loss possibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The best proof of love is trust. —Joyce Brothers More about this quote Tags: love belief trust proof Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. —Anatole France More about this quote Tags: speech originality theft copying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: understanding science cats explanation electricity radio Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness. —John Ruskin More about this quote Tags: ownership property weariness fatigue Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun. —George Orwell More about this quote Tags: war bombs lies earth sun Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies. In a war such as this, then, what is victory and how will we recognize it? —Al Gore More about this quote Tags: war environmentalism Hitler enemy ally victory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The philosopher Diogenes was sitting on a curbstone, eating bread and lentils for his supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king, you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils, and you will not have to cultivate the king." —Louis I. Newman More about this quote Tags: philosophy subservience justification flattery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any. —Ruth Wolff More about this quote Tags: morality conscience direction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is one thing to decry the rat race. … That is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further — that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite; it makes the rebuke personal; the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine. —Paul Gruchow More about this quote Tags: morality politeness rat race quitting individualism offense Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Right livelihood is not just a philosophical ideal. It is a practical, achievable reality. Finding and maintaining right livelihood does require regular, consistent action, but the steps are clear and the results immediate. —Claude Whitmyer More about this quote Tags: action reality philosophy livelihood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email